Library

Welcome to our Library - a rich bank of online content updated weekly. Browse our collection of Guides and Expert Articles, listen to our Podcast series discussing views and perspectives from both experts and those with lived experience, and our popular Blog series where members share their experiences of balancing work and home.

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Addy's blog: The ups and downs of working from home.

I am incredibly lucky, my employer has a remote working policy that insists the majority of st...

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Freddy's blog: A run of bad form

When I was 13 years old I had a run of bad form at school. First I got in trouble for insultin...

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Hippolyta's blog: The Dark Ages

As a Mentor with WorkLife Central for the last three years, I’ve had the privilege of me...

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Dolly's blog: The balance of power

Mr D is away for a month and the added pressure is starting to bite.  Friday was a blur...

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Ellen's blog: Fight or flight?

The way an organisation handles its ‘flight risk’ is very telling of the kind of c...

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Wendy's blog: The power of two - Shared Parental Leave

I recently took eight month’s maternity leave to have my first baby, a lovely boy called...

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Hayley's blog: Part time lawyer, part time mummy

I have the best of both worlds, don’t I? I work for part of the week and spend one ...

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James's blog: Obsessive Compulsive Parenting

When I was in my late teens I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I had displaye...

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Caroline's blog: Making lemonade

Sometimes, as a treat, I take my tots to our favourite tea shop after school on a Friday. The...

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Rosie's blog: Personal maintenance

One of the struggles as a parent is validating the time taken for what might loosely be referr...

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Maria's blog: White lies or reality check?

I recently introduced my little one to the daughter of a friend, same age (nearly 9) but let&r...

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Rosie's blog: Losses

Recently on a trip away I bumped into an old school friend whom I hadn’t seen for over 2...

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Freddy's blog: Education

We're starting to think about education for our daughter. Now she’s almos...

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Julia's blog: Leadership Skills

My daughter is blessed with bundles of confidence and a very strong sense of justice. She chat...

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Caroline's blog: Stars in their Eyes

Does anyone else’s life sometimes feel like an episode of Stars in their Eyes?  ...

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Ellen's blog: All About Me

Last Friday my 4-year-old returned from school with a note in his bag to say that from the f...

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Sisieta's blog: New Territory

So I’m no longer phased by the logistics of juggling home life with a city career (with ...

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Hayley's blog: It's ok to want to go back.

I'm looking forward to going back to work. I have to keep telling myself ...

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Gemma's blog: The house of sickness...

Before I had my daughter I was never ill, in fact it was like my badge of honour, cough or sn...

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Lawrence's blog: The Twin Reaction

After being a parent for nearly four years, my wife and I feel like we are no-longer complete ...

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Dolly's blog: Role Models

I inadvertently re-read my 2015 appraisal the other day - the last in my old role. God I was m...

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Rosies blog: Transformations

The maintenance of the resolutions made on December 31 st can at this time start to seem toug...

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Maria's blog: 8 going on 18

My daughter is 8 years old, but, as I am sure many other parents experience, they grow up far ...

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Freddy's blog: New Year resolutions

Happy New Year to all you WorkLife Central. It seems a lot of people were back to work after ...

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